Marina RV Park

The price is good, in comparison to other rv parks in Redding and it is on the lake. The residents (this rv park is almost all permanent) at this rv park are all pretty friendly. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for. It's pretty run down, but the few residentsibdid talk to said they were trying to "help the owner" by watering and do minor repairs. They allow dogs, but don't have a dog park area and all of the grassy areas have signs stating "not a dog area". The laundry, showers and bathrooms are all up stairs with no ramp available making it extremely difficult to haul laundry up with these old knees. And, unfortunately, not as clean as one would expect considering I went in right as the cleaning lady was leaving. (Even the pool has several steps up.) We arrived on Wed, left on Sunday and no one was in the office Thurs-Sun, not answering the phone or returning calls.
I would go back for the price and friendly people, but others need to know what to expect.

First the pros
The park is right on the river and about a mile from the Sundial bridge rec. area. Relatively easy access to I-5

Now the cons
LOTS of full timers here with trash all around their RV's. I get that parks can get some consistent income from full timers but seems to be mostly what they have here. Very few spots for overnighters. It is just a large paved parking lot with sites spray painted at the edges - all back in.
Lots of noise in the mornings with the locals leaving for work and letting their loud vehicles warm up. Also for the two nights we spent the garbage truck was in at 7:15 one morning as well as a leaf blower going at 7:30 the other morning.

Other issue was the hookup were all at the very back of the site. Not bad for power / water, but the sewer hookup would have required 3 hoses on my rig, elected to just not dump here.

Be prepared if you stay here...it is cash only.

Stayed a single night in transit along I-5. Location reasonably convenient even as the park itself is literally a tightly packed parking lot. Getting into the spot was tricky enough. Park isn’t particularly well maintained nor is the price a bargain. The real kicker though is the ant infestation we received in a single eighteen or so hour stay. Another guest warned us as they had the same experience but after over a year and a half on the road full time, this one night stop has led to serious ant issues in our rig.

https://marinarvparkredding.com/ is their new website, the one listed on Campendium (http://www.marinarvpark.com/) is incorrect.

Some reviews said this place was run down - I disagree. Anyways, I called ahead and there were couple spots open. Good Sam gives a $5 discount from $40 to $35 / night (tax included). Full hookup. Pool was closed for repairs. WiFi works, 8 mb down, 2 mb up, 75 ms latency. 2 bars of LTE on Sprint and Mint.

The location was quiet, minimal highway noises. Only one entrance/exit so it's very quiet. Woke up in the morning hearing lots of birds. Surrounded by the Sacramento River on 3 sides. It's great.

Stayed in May 2021 after getting my second shot as I wanted some luxury during my recovery. Really lovely place right on the water, you can kayak and swim. There is also a pool which was excellent. Laundry facilities are great. Bathrooms are wonderful and spotless, nice warm shower. Neighbors were friendly and helped me fix my shifting batteries! Had a great stay.

Just next to the park is Urban Retreat Day Spa where I had a really excellent massage, recommended.

Redding downtown is kind of sleepy in certain ways, while at other times there were bands playing at various venues. Some reasonably good restaurants and breweries. Biking is great from this location as well. The park itself is nice enough and well located. I'd visit Redding again if the opportunity came up.

Surprisingly the LTE bandwidth on any service was rather limited even with the booster, but the connection was solid. I was able to stream and do video conferencing with only rare voiping. I think it's because it's kind of down in the river area with bluffs around it, but it could be a lack of cell towers.

Good for an overnight or week stay if you have to make repairs. I was in Redding getting my transmission rebuilt at NorCal. It's a parking lot. For whatever reason, I didn't get a waterfront view even though there were plenty of open spots the entire time I was there. Maybe request for one? The full timers are reasonably friendly and the bathrooms are clean. Hot showers. If you're new to the area, Redding has a rampant homeless population. I felt pretty safe at this park. I drove by others and was not impressed. This park is also about a hop and a skip away from the Redding Dog Park.